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DR Aaron Gan |
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Place of Practice |
CHARMS - Centre for Hand & Reconstructive Microsurgery |
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Practice Address |
3 Mount Elizabeth, Tel: (65) 6733 8273 |
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Practice Website |
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Specialty |
Consultant Hand & Reconstructive Microsurgeon |
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Qualifications |
MBBS (Singapore), MRCS (Edinburgh), MMed (Surgery) |
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About Dr Gan
Dr Aaron Gan graduated from the National University of Singapore in 2005. He underwent Basic Surgical Training (BST) from 2006 to 2009, during which he developed a keen interest in microsurgical reconstruction through his rotations in plastic surgery and hand & reconstructive microsurgery. He successfully entered the Advanced Surgical Training (AST) programme in Hand Surgery right after completion of his BST. In 2012, Dr Gan completed his AST, succeeded in the exit examinations and obtained his specialist accreditation in Hand Surgery.
He was awarded the Singapore Society for Hand Surgery Travelling Fellowship in the same year and deepened his insights into perforator flap surgery at the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery of Hanyang University Medical College in Seoul, South Korea. He was mentored by world-renowned Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon, Professor Jeong-Tae Kim. In the same year, he underwent a clinical observership at Seattle Children's Hospital and studied brachial plexus birth palsy and paediatric hand conditions.
Dr Gan was a Consultant in the Department of Hand & Reconstructive Microsurgery of the National University Hospital before embarking into private practice with CHARMS in 2015. Dr Gan is very experienced in managing hand and wrist trauma. He is a proponent of minimally-invasive surgery, which includes wrist arthroscopy in the treatment of both traumatic and degenerative wrist conditions. Whenever possible, he performs minimally-invasive percutaneous fixations of fractures in the hand to minimize complications related to open surgery. He is able to achieve a shorter recovery period and earlier restoration of hand function in his patients using these methods.
Furthermore, he has been involved in numerous microsurgical free tissue transfer surgeries, a majority of which were for reconstruction of upper and lower limb traumatic injuries. Dr Gan works closely with his Orthopaedic Trauma colleagues in managing open upper and lower limb fractures requiring soft tissue resurfacing.
Dr Gan has been a member of the National University Hospital Liver Transplant Team, performing microsurgical hepatic artery anastomoses for both adult and paediatric liver transplants. This includes paediatric liver transplants done in Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital of the University of Indonesia in Jakarta.
Dr Gan specializes in injuries to the hand and the wrist. He is an expert in complex hand and wrist surgery and has been invited overseas several times to share his techniques and skills. Wrist fractures and dislocations, wrist ligament tears, finger and carpal fractures, finger ligament tears are several of the common conditions which Dr Gan excels in treating.
Specialized Services
Treatment & Surgery:
- Arthritis of the Upper Limb
- Artificial Joint Replacement in the Finger, Hand & Wrist
- Base of the Thumb Arthritis
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Congenital Hand Abnormalies
- Cubital Tunnel Syndrome
- DeQuervain’s Tenosynovitis
- Distal Radius Fracture
- Dupuytren’s Contracture
- Ganglion Cyst
- Hand Fractures
- Hand Injuries
- Microsurgical Reconstructions
- Nerve Injuries
- Replantation Surgery
- Scaphoid Fracture
- Sports Injury
- Tennis Elbow
- Trigger Finger
- Tumours & Cysts
- Wrist Pain
- Amputation Injuries
- Complex Hand Trauma
- Fingertip Injuries
- Open Hand Fractures
Publications & Book Chapters
Journal Articles
- Gan AWT, Puhaindran ME, Pho RWH. The Reconstruction of Large Bone Defects in the Upper Limb. Injury 2013 Mar;44(3):313-7..
- Gan AWT, Neo PY, He M, Yam AKT, Chong AKS, Tay SC. A Biomechanical Comparison of 3 Loop Suture Materials in a 6-Strand Flexor Tendon Repair Technique. J Hand Surg Am 2012; 37A:1830-1834.
- Foo TL, Gan AWT, Soh TLT, Chew WCT. Mechanical failure of distal radius volar locking plate. J Orthop Surg (HK) 2013;21(3):332-336.
- He M, Gan AWT, Lim AY, Goh JC, Hui JH, Lee EH, Chong AK. The effect of fibrin glue on tendon healing and adhesion formation in a rabbit model of flexor tendon injury and repair. J Plast Surg Hand Surg 2013;47(6):509-512.
- Low SW, Gan AWT, Tan WK. A Century of Medical Students’ Activities (Medical College Union / Medical Society). Ann Acad Med Singapore 2005;34:152C-154C.
- Kang GCW, Gan AWT, Yam A, Tan ABH, Tay SC. Mycobacterium abscessus hand infections in immunocompetent fish handlers: Case report. J Hand Surg Am 2010; 35A:1142-1145.
- Liao JC, Gan AWT, Aberrant Flexor Digitorum Superficialis of the Little Finger Causing Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. Case Report. UOHJ 2014: 66-69.
- Kim JD, Kim JT,Gan AWT, Youn S, Kim YH. Pulmonary artery re-thrombosis following interruption of anti-thrombotic therapy for bilateral carpal tunnel release surgery: An update of current protocols. JPRAS 2013;66:999-1002.
- Tay BC, Chow T, Ng BK, He M, Gan AWT , Chong AKS. Role of optical coherence tomography for flexor tendon imaging in a rabbit model. Microwave and Optical Technology Letters 2013;55(5):990-995.
- He M, Sebastin SJ, Gan AWT,Lim AY, Chong AK. Biomechanical comparison of different suturing techniques in rabbit medial gastrocnemius muscle laceration repair. Ann Plast Surg. 2014 Sep;73(3):333-5.
Book Chapters
- Gan AWT, Peng YP. Chapter 16: Fundamental Principles of Microsurgery and Replantation. IN Essentials of Hand Surgery. Chung KC. 2015 JP Medical.